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Indians in amity with this government, excepted, in which case the burden of proof shall lie on the defendant," that is, on the person claiming the Indian plaintiff to be a slave. This latter clause of the proviso is now regarded as furnishing the rule. The race of slave Indians or of Indians not in amity to this government, (The State,) is extinct, and hence the previous part of the proviso has no application.
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SECTION 1. The Act of 1740, sec. I, declares all negroes and
Indians, (free Indians in amity with this Government, negroes, mulattoes and mestizoes, who now are free, excepted) to be slaves:— the offspring to follow the condition of the mother; and that such slaves are chattels
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Africans, (the ancient Berbers) and their descendants. It does not embrace the free inhabitants of Africa, such as the Egyptians, Moors, or the negro Asiatics, such as the
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and sent report of this agreement to the House of
Representatives for consideration. On December 8, 1858, Mr. Cannon offered a resolution for the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of having the
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with court interpretations in narrative style, and with notes and comment and even recommendations as to desirable changes." It provides examples of opposition to and violation of
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